[ih] ARPAnet and nuclear survivability

[Vint Cerf]

we'd have to ask steve lukasik. Larry Roberts was adamant that his  
motivation was resource sharing and that comports well with  
Licklider's writings.

vint

On Sep 2, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Dave CROCKER wrote:

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> Bernie Cosell wrote:
>> On another list the old question came up again and I'm not sure  
>> I've ever gotten a straight answer.  I have always thought that  
>> Licklider's intent was to build a collaboration/research network.
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> Since the Arpanet had a number of different people in lead  
> positions, it would not be surprising if they had different agendas  
> or chose to present things in different ways to particular audiences.
>
> When I got involved, in the early 70's, I would periodically hear  
> some folk characterize the capability as designed to "survive  
> hostile battlefield conditions".  I took that to mean convention  
> battlefields, not nuclear.  (I've heard that in the first Iraq War,  
> the US was unable to knock out the Iraque data net; survivability  
> was thereby demonstrated...)
>
> I believe I've heard that Lukasik would claim the goal of nuclear  
> survivability during presentations to the military or Congress or  
> somesuch, as a funding pitch.
>
> d/
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>  Dave Crocker
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